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To Union Station

20 Wednesday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

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To Union Station

The vanishing point makes it seems like Union Station is so far away! In reality this is just a block or so east of the entrance, along the Sky Walk toward CN Tower and the Toronto convention centre.

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Happy window

19 Tuesday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, San Francisco, Travel, urban

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Happy window

When the sticky notes themselves are the message. Spotted in San Francisco in December.

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Not quite Paris

18 Monday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in Las Vegas, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Not quite Paris

A good attempt, however, to recreate a Parisian streetscape in the heart of Las Vegas.

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Life support system

17 Sunday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Life support system

I don’t often do photos as abstract art but I found this one oddly satisfying to capture. These are sources of light from various exhibits seen through cascading water in the life support system section of Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto.

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CNR Serves All Canada

16 Saturday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, trains, Trains & Transit, transportation, Travel, urban

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CNR Serves All Canada

A glimpse of some of the retired railway equipment on display in Roundhouse Park in Toronto.

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John Lennon Wall

15 Friday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalk, photowalking, Prague, random, Travel, urban

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John Lennon Wall

A portion of the ever-changing John Lennon Wall in Prague, as it was back in September 2016.

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Waterworld adventure

13 Wednesday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in Calgary, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Toronto, Travel, urban

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Waterworld adventure

Visitors take in the colourful underwater view at Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto this past weekend.

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Thunder Bat

11 Monday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sticker/wall art from Toronto, seen somewhere along Queen Street West (IIRC) on a short stopover between trains in April 2013.

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Fountain at Place des Vosges

10 Sunday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in Paris, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Paris, France

From an afternoon in Paris in September 2012.

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Game of cat and mouse

09 Saturday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Canada, montreal, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Quebec, random, Travel, urban

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

A fun piece of street art spotted in Montreal back in February 2016.

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